Official NBA Season Thread

man the lakers suck balls how can you lose agianst the 76ers,utah and bucks they made brandon knight look like a freaking all star yesterday he score 37 on them wtf

Rudy Gay has been traded twice in two years. Memphis improved after he was traded and so far the Raptors have.

#Chucker.

Kings improved though, that's something.

@No_Hablo_Ingles:

Asik is next.

@PSP107: Asik left as a free agent. It's actually pretty rare for 1 player to be traded twice in a year; even more so for players of Rudy's pay grade/talent level.

If you are talking specifically to Asik being traded next, I hope so. Asik hasn't played in a while...

Asik and Lin for Melo?

@PSP107: why would the knicks accept that?

I guess I was thinking more of a Rockets fan respective.

But I think Knicks would love to have Lin back. Asik is a quality big man who could replace Chandler if assuming he can opt out or can be amnestied.

I'm gonna miss Luol Deng but getting rid of him was probably necessary for a team in NBA hell.

Tank4Wiggins/Parker/Randle

lol, I found out waking up to Mike & Mike in the Morning. It seems like Deng turning down a 3 year $30m extension was the reasons they got rid of him.

Bulls are expected to release Bynum which will save them $15m.

I'm going for the home town kid, Jabari Parker.

I hear he's not doing to good at Duke =(

lol@ Hedo Turkolu

As a Laker fan, this year has been depressing.

#BleedforEmbiid

#ShartforSmart

#ScandleforRandle

#Rig4Wiggins

#SorryforJabari

@2014 All-star Starters Announced

East- Irving, Wade, James, George, Anthony

West- Curry, Kobe, Durant, Griffren, Love,

lol at Kobe and no starting centers.

Wade shouldn't be on the team, let alone be a starter. Missed way too many games, and aside from a handful of great games, he's been pretty pedestrian. Let a younger guy get to experience the game.

I wish the Wizards were more consistent.

Is it fair to say John Wall is better than Kyrie Irving and be the starter on the allstar team?

I like Wall and I think he gets better and better each season when healthy. Honestly I haven't seen the Cavs play much. HoweverI do think that team should be a lot better with all those high draft picks.

The Wizards are finally over .500. It's about damn time.

I am actually happy with the way the Lakers are playing, they need to tank this year.

While Wall's dunk was sick, the new dunk contest format feels like David Stern's final **** you to NBA fans. There was nothing wrong with the old format, and if they wanted to force the East-West thing on us again I don't see why they couldn't have done it in the way they did with the skills challenge and the 3-point contest.

The East/West thing was dumb.

The dunk contest was bad. Wasn't a fan of it.

I do like the new rules for the Skills and 3-point challenge though.

It was definitely tacked on, but I at least understood the reasoning of it during the 3-point shootout and skills challenge, where a final, head-to-head showdown was setup between the winners from each conference. Had the dunk contest done the same or even added a 3-way dunk-off between the winners I think the collective reaction would have been widespread shrugging. Unfortunately they somehow came to the conclusion that the dunk contest was missing a "free style round" and created a format that concluded 3 "winners" and no clear resolutions.

Man I was hoping for some big trades.

Granger for Turner was sort of big.

@yokofox33: I'm not really sure it helped either team though...

Lebron might have a broken nose. And he still finished over Ibaka.

lol at Lebron sitting out with a broke nose. What a puss.

lol, to be fair, the local Bulls are a feisty bunch so its not that a bad of a decision to sit this one out.

It makes sense to sit him. Their next game isn't until Thursday, so he'd essentially have a week of rest. And like PSP said, I guarantee Noah and company would be extra physical with him to knock him out of the game.

@sherman-tank1: You assume the heat still need to win games, which they don't.

Also, thoughts on the 2014 draft?

Please don't come back Kobe. The Lakers need a high draft pick.

@yokofox33: That makes sense until you mentioned the Bulls. What are they going to, break his nose? Its already broken.

@EPICCOMMANDER: So what? Doesn't he have any sort of dignity? After I saw the mask he is wearing it doesn't look like it.

Stop crying. He took the game off because it's the frigging Bulls. The Heat are good enough to beat them without Lebron, as evidenced by the whooping they gave them Sunday. And yeah it's broken already. You can still cause further injury to the nose and surrounding areas if he gets walloped there.

He's not Wade who takes games off to "rest."

I'd pretty much agree, the guy has 2 rings and 4 MVPs. If he misses his second game of the season 2 days after breaking his nose I think he's earned it. Also that black mask is clearly superior to those clear masks.

I'm hoping that Bulls can close a deal to get Jimmer Fredette. It sucks that he's been under three systems and new managment that he couldn't flourish with the Kings. Bulls could use him off the bench for more shooting

Paperclips get big baby and Granger, keys up Shump trade to block other teams from getting him. Doc knows how to deal.

You cant be serious?

@PSP107: I am serious, he average above 50 percent shooting. He may not be a good defender, but I believe in Thibs as a coach. We need more shooters

@yokofox33: Whatever. I guess I'm just sick of NBA culture in general. So many players are selfish little girls that sport giant egos and have no respect for refs or coaches.

Looks like you got your wish as he's coming to town.

I'll admit I don't have enough data on the Jimmer, but

He's 6'2 and plays no defense?

Where does he fit in the rotation?

Can he create his own shot?

Is he a natural 1 or 2 guard?

Jimmer is a poor man's JJ Redick. All he can do is shoot 3s. JJ can at least take the ball off the dribble and score in the lane. I don't think Jimmer is capable of that, but he didn't really get a shot to play in Sac-town I don't think.

TBH, I know that Jimmer has poor defense and I wouldn't want him to be a starter. He'll be good off the bench when we need to score and make break-a-ways. I have true faith for Coach Thibs to bring out Jimmer's potential as he did for Marco Belineli, Nate Robinson, and DJ Augustin. As for his guard position, he should be a 2 Guard, and only be a PG if Hinrich or Augustin is hurt during the playoffs.

@PSP107 I'm disappointed in you son, you should look at his highlights, he is able to create his own shot

And that's all he needs to do, catch and shoot with a team with good passers.

lol, highlights is a small sample. Highlights usually are positive.

Lebron with 53 points with 10+ minutes to go in the game.

James goes 8-10 on threes. He's the new Kobe.

I remember in game 7 when it was amazing that LeBron was making so many threes...now he makes threes all the time, off the dribble too.

AND while wearing that face mask.

Just looked it up, and James is shooting 58% on field goals this season. Holy cow...